I have updated the license to avoid the misunderstanding of the condition mentioned by Nathan Kelly.
Before: "You may not charge any fees for the Package itself." After: "You may not charge any fees for the Package itself. However, you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a product of your own." This was borrowed from the Artistic License. I did not include the first two sentences from that license, which said: "You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of this Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this Package." Why? Because this could be only two scenarios in which some one might be able to justify a cost "in relationship to" the Package. Who am I to say what other possibilities may exist? Quoting those two sentences implies a restriction to only those two scenarios. Leaving them out leaves all possibilities open, as long as they do not charge a fee for the Package "itself." If you feel the other two sentences are important, please let me know and I will add them, but personally, I tried to design this license to be as open as possible without adding wording that might add unnecessary restriction. This was, in fact, if you read my original post, one of the reasons I wanted to write my own license to begin with. The updated version of the license appears below and at http://enetwizard.sourceforge.net/license.html. Have a good weekend every one!! eNetwizard Content Application Server License (Modified Artistic License) Preamble Copyright Robert Samuel White, 1998-2002. All Rights Reserved. The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which eNetwizard Content Application Server ("Package") may be copied, such that the author, Robert Samuel White ("Copyright Holder"), maintains some semblance of artistic control over the development of the Package, while giving the users of the Package the right to use and distribute the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the right to make reasonable modifications. Definitions "Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files created through textual modification. "Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of the Copyright Holder. "Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or copyrights for the Package. "You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing this Package. Conditions of Redistribution & Use You may redistribute and use this Package, in source and binary forms, with or without modification, provided that the following conditions are met: Redistributions of source code must retain the original copyright notices and associated comments that are included at the beginning and end of each file that is distributed with the Standard Version. If the source code was modified in any way, each file that was modified must include the statement "this file was modified from its original version" along with appropriate comments indicating how and why the file was modified; these comments should be placed directly underneath the first comment section of each file. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this Package without specific prior written permission from the Copyright Holder. The names "eNetwizard" and "eNetwizard Content Application Server" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this Package without specific prior written permission from the Copyright Holder. Products derived from this Package may not be called "eNetwizard" -- nor may "eNetwizard" appear in their name -- without prior written permission from the Copyright Holder. You may indicate that your software works in conjunction with eNetwizard by saying "Product for eNetwizard" instead of calling it "eNetwizard Product." You may not charge any fees for the Package itself. However, you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial) software distribution provided that you do not advertise this Package as a product of your own. Use of any form whatsoever must retain the three automatically generated META tags for all HTML output; these tags indicate that the page was generated by eNetwizard and directs users to more information about the product. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following acknowledgment: "This product includes eNetwizard Content Application Server, freely available from <http://enetwizard.sourceforge.net>" Disclaimer THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ROBERT SAMUEL WHITE "AS IS"' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL ROBERT SAMUEL WHITE OR ANY OF HIS CONTRIBUTORS TO THE STANDARD PACKAGE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
